Project Type: Construction of fruit production facility with shop in ‘passive house’ standard
Architect: Architects Collective
Team: Andreas Frauscher, Richard Klinger, Mathias Leeb, Kurt Sattler
Location: St. Andrä am Zicksee, Austria
Client: Vera & Albert Leeb
Site Area: 3,500 m²
Floor Area: 450 m²
Energy Consumption: 17 kWh/m²
Planning: 2008
Construction: 2009
Construction Cost (building costs, interior, landscape): €400,000 (eq. $534,000)
Text & Photographs: Architects Collective

The new production facility for the Leeb Fruit Orchard in St. Andrä am Zicksee, Austria consists of a large main shed with cold storage and a fruit shop with adjoining spaces. The prefabricated structure was built within four months and the fruit shop with adjoining spaces were constructed in “passive house” standard and as self-supporting prefabricated wall and roof elements. Read the rest of this entry »

LP Architektur designed the House Pilotto in Austria. Description from the Architect:

The concept of “House P.” arranges the required living space in three main, functional zones. The western part of the first floor is dominated by a circa 90m² wide space, serving as place to eat and living room. It is zoned by means of an offset in height.

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